Day 1 Great Wolf Lodge!

(hotel lobby)

February 2011-This was our 1st time to visit The Great Wolf Lodge! This place is huge. It has 2 big restaurants and several snack/eating places on the waterpark floor. Everything you need is right there at the hotel.  Gift shops, games, eating, spas, cub club, build a bear, an arcade, and so much more! We only stayed  one night because the entire weekend was booked.  There were several things we weren't able to do while we were there, so I definately recommend staying at least 2 nights. 

Note: if you go with your family/kids please take my advice- pay the extra $40 or so to do the wand game/ kids package that they offer....(big sigh.)
Kate complained about not having a wand the entire time. "I want a wand, Mom! It's not fair! Why do they have one and I don't?!" Oh my word, she's just so mistreated. Ugh. Upsets me thinking about it all over again..can ya tell?! Haha! She saw other kids with the wands and thought she "needed" to have one too. She never said she wanted to play the game.....?!  The wands were $30 bucks alone. Call me cheap, but no thanks!

If you decide to not purchase the kids package then for the love of your sanity.... go to the dollar store, buy a wand (one per child) and bring it with you! You can tell them it's their own "special wand."  Talk it up and then have them play the game behind the other kids. When the wand sound goes off they'll think it was from their wand....when really it's not! lol!

Ahhh, I'm somewhat kidding, but it is brilliant! ;)

Really, though. I almost caved in and paid the $30 just to get her to hush up about the stupid wand.

Above: the girls coloring in the lobby!

The girls were so excited about getting to swim! Maddie is cheesin it up! She was super excited!

outside the ice cream store

Here's just a few of the swimming pictures:

Kate and Daddy shooting us with water on the jet ski's

Kate going down a slide! Yippeeeeeee.....

So fun!!!

Kate and I went down one of the big slides (below). We were in a big inner tube with 3 other people! She loved it. We screamed the whole time!

Playing Deal or no Deal in the Arcade!

We won 101 tickets on this game! woo-who!

24 hrs just wasn't long enough.....Thanks Great Wolf for a fun time! :D

Below:
The girls with their new stuffed animlas in tow. We're ready to go to Grapevine Mills Mall to eat at the Rainforest Cafe!

Coming up......Day 2

Legoland!